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<h2><center><a name="#top">Welcome to TMap Designer Online Help</a></center></h2><br>

TMap Designer is a desktop application to design <a href="thematicm.htm">thematic maps</a>.

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<br>The main screen is divided in 5 windows:
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<li><a href="nav.htm">Navigation</a>: controls the 4 other windows below. Clicking on the window name opens a popmenu with commands applicable to the target window (new, load, save, etc...).</li>
<li><a href="map.htm">Map</a>: displays and allows edition of the map.</li>
<li><a href="data.htm">Data</a>: contains the data to represent.</li>
<li><a href="cd.htm">Cartographic Display</a>: defines the way to represent the attributes.</li>
<li><a href="ann.htm">Annotations</a>: controls the legend of the thematic map.</li>
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<br>Its functionalities allow to:
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    <li>Create/Edit/Import base maps</li>
    <li>Create/Edit/Import data from various data sources</li>
    <li>Apply Cartographic Display</li>
    <li>Generate/Print/Copy-to-clipboard Thematic Maps</li>
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TMap Designer is also:
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    <li>Platform-independent (Windows/Linux/Mac OS)</li>
    <li>Automatically deployed and updated via Internet (Java Webstart)</li>
    <li>Free of use and distributions (LGPL open source license)</li>
    <li>Sponsored by the World Health Organization</li>
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<center><br><b>Please visit the TMap portal (http://www.tmapsuite.com) for more information.</b></center><br><br>
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